Una McCormack wrote:
The tape was - of course - labelled 'Blake's 7'. I couldn't fucking believe it. Of course, I instantly had to drop everything to find out what episode it was.
Obviously, a more specialized example of the phenomenon described in "Totally Trashed" by Roz Kaveney, published in "Euro Temps", devised by Alex Stewart and Neil Gaiman.
Or maybe I just want a excuse to call Una "Captain Kipple". :-)
As the original captain says herself " 'It has not helped me find academic jobs in the middle of a recession,' said Leonora, 'to be notorious as Captain Kipple, the paranormal garbage lady.' "
(I'd link all this into a conspiracy re the new B7 movie, the decline of B7 fan fic, the total awfulness of the Sevenfold Crown and Una's having met Henry Jenkins, but my conspiracy generator is offline, my flame-retardant flare shields are inactive and my neutron blasters are prepared for lunch, not firing.)
Kat W